Strength part the third, and a little gloating

I wasn't waffling! I know I'm strong, just like I know I'm smart and silly and all that. I never said I wasn't sure if I was strong. What I said I wasn't sure about was if it was a virtue or a flaw. I've always seen it as a virtue. Every woman in my family is strong, most of my friends are strong, and to suddenly find people who don't see strength as a feminine trait was very odd and threw me. But I'm pleased to see that I'm right, that guys--at least some of them--see strength as an important thing.

As far as the rest of the paragraph is concerned, every boy I've asked so far can tell the difference between a sundress and a dress. And when you say the word "sundress" most of them get misty eyed for a moment. So I'm standing by my descriptors there. Now, if I'd said "lilac sundress" you could complain that he wasn't 'manly' enough. Oh, except that the character is a gardener. So he could say that too. I win!

Sub trackers

as far as submission trackers go, Sonar at www.spacejock.com is pretty nice. I'd had a really nice access databas I'd nearly figured all the bugs out of, but then I lost my access program. Didn't make that much difference, as I never figured out how to make it average the elapsed time data for general estimate of how long it took for my submissions to come back from certain markets. I'd nearly got it figured out (I'm not a programmer, but I can use the help functions, and I've got experience/training in three of ther computer languages, and I LOVE solving problems, so I'd spent way too long several nights in a row *nearly* solving the problem.) But anyways, if you're looking for a submission tracker, Sonar is nice, and more importantly, freeware.

Bad Ears

I've before never met anyone who hears the same wrong stuff as I do. It's quite nice to be able to turn to someone and say, "did he just say..." and have them say, "Well, that's what I heard too." :)